After in-depth discussion at four called meetings over the summer, the University Carolina Core Committee has decided that a change is warranted in the way potential overlay courses are transferred in from institutions outside the USC System. Based on extensive research into courses from dozens of institutions, the Committee agreed to support full transfer equivalency for all the overlay-eligible courses listed in the attachment. This means, for example, that transfer courses will automatically fulfill all of the same Carolina Core requirements as the comparable USC course without any formal review or evaluation by the appropriate Carolina Core specialty team.

Achieving this end requires deletion of a portion of the “Note” that is a part of each course’s Bulletin description